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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Pilot" – "Hiroshima".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What date is described in the Prologue of Bomb?
(a) November 1, 1952.
(b) September 18, 1951.
(c) May 22, 1950.
(d) July 12, 1945.

2. Who was the leader of Hitler's bomb project during WWII?
(a) Samuel Goudsmit.
(b) Kurt Diebner.
(c) Arne Kjelstrup.
(d) Lewis Strauss.

3. Where did Eugene Wigner and Leo Szilard find Albert Einstein in "Finding Einstein"?
(a) Peconic, New York.
(b) New Paltz, New York.
(c) New Brunswick, New Jersey.
(d) Princeton, New Jersey.

4. How old was Jens Poulsson when he was chosen as the leader of a special mission to attack the Vemork power plant?
(a) 29.
(b) 19.
(c) 32.
(d) 24.

5. On what date did Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves first visit the Los Alamos Ranch School to examine it as a site for testing?
(a) October 8, 1942.
(b) December 18, 1942.
(c) November 16, 1942.
(d) October 21, 1939.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the time of F.D.R.'s death?

2. What alias did Ruth Werner use in Oxford, England?

3. How old was Harry Gold when World War II began?

4. What book of poetry was used in Ted Hall's secret letters to Saville Sax?

5. How old was Robert Oppenheimer when he first voted in a presidential election?

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